Read the most recent interview by Mr.V.G. Sakthikumar (MD) of Schwing Stetter India Pvt. Ltd., exclusively given to CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY TODAY.
Mr. V.G.Sakthikumar, Managing Director,
Schwing Stetter India Private Limited,
Member of governing council,
ICEMA, Chairman of Mechanisation committee,
Builders Association of India.
EXCON has its own approach in creating a major hype for the infrastructure industry. How is your company's preparation for meeting varied business enquiries from India and abroad?
Truly, Excon is the biggest construction exhibition in India. Excon is patronized by most of the stakeholders. We see Excon as an ideal platform for showcasing our technology, products, research and development capabilities, support system to the visitors in the exhibition. We will be exhibiting 46 products during Excon 2019, 22 out of them are completely new. In the technology front, we will be showcasing Schwing IoT enabled machines which will make product and project management easier for our customers.
How was the year 2019 for your company with recessionary trends in the country?
The situation is slowly improving. The slowdown has created a stock pileup in the construction machinery manufacturer's end. For the real production activity to pick up, we have to wait till all these stocks clear. However, for that to happen and the market to revive, we have to see actual sale of machines to pick up in good volumes which we are hoping will happen in the months from October – December. The current issue is majorly a sentiment issue. Even though a combination of factors such as increase in NPAs and liabilities along with shrinking funds of NBFC's have adversely impacted sales in automotive and construction equipment sector. Contactors payments, delay in allotment of new projects has also contributed to slowdown which we are hoping will all get sorted one by one.
Has the company added more products/services during the year?
Schwing Stetter India (SSI), announced the launch of its new generation of XCMG crawler hydraulic excavators - XE80C, XE140I and XE215 C in July 2019. The significant features of the excavator range are as listed.
• Excellent performance.
• Intelligent control.
• High-performance slewing bearing.
• Energy saving.
• Reliable and durable X-frame.
• Comfortable and safe operation.
• Convenient maintenance.
Schwing Stetter India made an announcement in October 2019 to further strengthen the partnership with Mahindra Powerol to launch its new premium variant of Stetter concrete truck mixers “Super® 7”. The successful partnership formed for Stetter Super SIX concrete transit mixer on July 26th, 2018 in Pune has seen more than 1000 machines. Stetter Super® 7 concrete truck mixers were conceptualized based on the current customer need in this segment and will be powered by the Mahindra Powerol 625 DI engine. Stetter Super® 7 concrete truck mixers have undergone several extensive trials to meet the industry requirements of smart, premium and intelligent products. The variants are listed below.
1. Stetter Super® 7 concrete truck mixers with IoT in / IoT ready.
2. Stetter Super® 7 concrete truck mixers with Schwing Smartrack / standard.
Significant features of Stetter Super® 7 concrete truck mixers are listed below.
• Large loading volume.
• Optimum drive characteristics.
• Best-in-class spiral geometry.
• Stetter T-protect wear protection.
• Large clearance for concrete discharge.
• Easy to clean and service.
• Highest resale value.
• Best in class fuel efficiency resulting in lowest lifecycle cost which helps the customer to save “7 Lakhs in 7 years”.
• Future ready engines.
Significant features of Schwing IoT Ready device are listed below.
• CAN based controller and multi-color display.
• Elimination of conventional gauges.
• Battery voltage.
• Drum loading / unloading status with graphical representation.
• Drum RPM (Revolutions per minute) monitoring for increased drum life.
• No of drum rotations in CW & CCW (Clockwise and Counter clockwise) direction.
• Critical alarm messages in display.
• Maintenance scheduling.
• IoT Integration for data analytics (Optional).
Significant features of Schwing IoT In device are listed below.
• Reduced downtime.
• Proactive maintenance.
• Integrated GPS for live tracking.
• Data analytics for machine efficiency monitoring.
• Data storage with traceability / statistical reports.
• Productivity status on cloud.
Also, Schwing Stetter India (SSI) recently signed a strategic partnership with global leader Rubble Master HMH GmbH, to enter the mobile compact crushing business. The partnership follows both the companies' recent participation in Bauma 2019, Munich. This is the re-entry of Rubble Master in the Indian market with a new cooperation partner, SSI.
Schwing Stetter India will be the exclusive distributor to sell and service the complete range of Rubble Master HMH GmbH products from Austria in India through its 29 sales and spares offices, 9 service centres and a strong 400 service personnel. With this product, Schwing Stetter India will be able to provide solutions for the customer for aggregate crushing and recycling applications. Schwing Stetter's concreting line of equipment uses aggregates and sand as the main ingredients for concreting. Rubble Master range of products mainly the aggregate crushers and screeners will complement Schwing Stetter India's concreting equipment which in turn will provide total concreting solutions to the customer.
Rubble Master HMH GmbH is a market leader in the field of mobile compact crushers and offers a range of top quality and high performance mobile crushing, screening and conveying solutions for recycling, demolition, quarrying, mining and contracting applications. The company focusses on the development and marketing of machines for the conventional processing of stone and earth. The company also innovates machines for the economical reuse of construction waste like building debris, asphalt and broken roads on site, particularly in inner-city construction sites. As part of the new deal, Schwing Stetter India and Rubble Master HMH GmBH will launch a product (RM60) in India at present followed by RM70, RM90, RM100 and RM 120 whose output range varies from 80 t/hr to 300 t/hr. The company also provides an exclusive machine, RM V550 for manufactured sand processing.
What takeaway is your company expecting from EXCON for the coming 2020 year?
We expect EXCON 2019 to be revival for the CE sector. A whole range of new products will be launched at the Schwing Stetter India's outdoor stall OD21 and OD 37 at Orange lot in 3344 sq meters space. We will be displaying most of our equipment with smart technologies. We realized that we need to spend more time with the customers on the technology itself. We have booked for the very first time, a 12 sq.m indoor stall, AI 20 in Hall 4 to demonstrate our capabilities in digitization and automation. Incidentally this hall is dedicated for Smart i – Tech – Next Gen India @ 75 theme being intelligent, internet, interconnected, innovation and infrastructure.
Schwing Stetter India will be displaying 22 new products at EXCON 2019 along with existing product innovations of SSI, XCMG, GOMACO, USA and Rubble master HMH GmBH products with a grand total of 46 products. Few of the new products to be displayed at the outdoor stall are as follows.
1. Schwing concrete line pump SPL1420.
2. Stetter concrete batching plant CP21.
3. Stetter self-loading mixer SLM bee 2.0.
4. Stetter self-loading tunnel mixer SPM4000.
5. Stetter concrete recycling plant RA6.
6. Schwing light mast.
7. Gomaco concrete paver GP2600 with IDBI.
8. Gomaco cylinder finisher SL450.
9. Rubble master crusher RM 70GO! 2.0.
10. XCMG crawler crane XGC55 T.
11. XCMG excavator XE380 C.
12. XCMG motor grader GR1003.
13. XCMG truck crane XCT50.
14. XCMG truck crane XCT60.
15. XCMG truck crane XCT80.
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